Marxist Anil Sarkar

for Mayawati`s

Castology

Palash Biswas

Anil Sarkar, the Bengali reputed poet and Education Minister of Left Ruled Tripura has welcomed UP Assembelly Elections Results writing Poetry on Dalit daughter Mayawati. This is an old news item. But to day , he outlined the social eingineering of the Dalit cow Belt leader as the only way to change the Brahminical dominated social system in Bengal. He emphasized to follow Ambedkar.

Today I witnessed the Dalit CPIM leader interacting different groups in Tripura Bhavan, Pretoria Street Kolkata. I talked to the leader exclusively and sought several clarification as a CPIM leader who outlined Dalit Strategy for the party. It was a family get together for us as my cusin brother, the poet Nitai Pada Sarkar and nephew Niranjan accompanied me. He is not well and hence, he could not visit, Keutia Sarkar Nursery, my brothers farm house and business centre of my nephew. So he called us in tripra Bhavan. Niranjan picked me from my home.

Quoting Party leadership he said that Mayawati has stopped Fascist Sangh Parivar to capture Uttar Pradesh and the young lady has to play a positive role in Indian politics.

Hw, however, avoided to comment on the most controversial issues like Singur and Nadigram, Chemical hub, Atomic Power plant, retail marketing, Industrialisation and indiscriminate land acquisition.

Rather the leftist Dalit leader is much more interested to launch a national Dalit Movement and without any hesitation he supported the casteology of Mayawati inspite of Party Ideology. At the same time, he was quite aggressive against the IN Law psyche of the Dalit intellectuals and leaders in Bengal. He told that any change is not possible in Bengal Scenerio unless the dalits asserts themselves in accordance with Ambedkar Ideology and casteology of Mayawati.

I think, this message is much more powerful than any of his poems on Mayawati which are beautifully translated in Hindi by Leeladhar Mandoloi, again a reputed poet and Krishna Kalpit.

He wrote;

The Himalayas in the North

Oceon lies in the South

Descends the storm from the North

Spreading snowy cool wind

And the wind stings

Disobedient and Unhumble

Hits the white colour skin

Very distressing

Descends the storm

Twenty first century belongs to Dalits

Twenty first century belongs to Exploited

Twenty first century belongs to Baba sahib

And to his obedient followers

Twenty first century belongs to the New Light.

Those who bear so much sorrow

Insult

Kicks

And persecution

Those who have been torn apart

On the Temple doors

Drinking wells

Those who have been driven away

Twenty first century belongs to them.

Hence, one Dalit woman

A non Aryan Girl

Becomes the general of aryavart

Immediately

The sky is lit

Wind becomes storm

An earthquake begins.

Because a Prohibited Girl

Alone and alone

Becomes so big!

As if a great river!!